“You were born with gifts that don’t make sense on a résumé — but make perfect sense in your soul.”
You didn’t come here empty-handed.
Even before you knew what 'career' meant, there were clues. In the things you loved for no reason. In the games you played. In the way you helped, or built, or dreamed, or organized chaos into something meaningful.
But somewhere along the way, we forget.
We become so busy trying to *become* someone that we abandon who we’ve always been.
Today, we return to the beginning — not to go backward, but to remember what was never lost.
You don’t need to chase purpose. You need to recall it.
Your deepest gifts are not buried in books or credentials. They live in your longings. They hide in your wonder.
Let your earliest joy become your latest clue. The map to purpose isn’t out there. It’s stitched into the fabric of who you’ve always been.
Close your eyes and bring to mind a memory of yourself as a child. What did you love doing before anyone told you what was ‘productive’? Let that memory speak. Not with words — but with feeling. Sit with it. Then write it down.
Choose one small way to bring your childhood joy into your current day — even for five minutes.
Jalen P. “I always thought my love of drawing as a kid was just a hobby. Now it’s the centerpiece of my freelance design work. It was never random. It was always a calling.”
What you loved without being told — that’s your soul speaking.